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To: StACase
Amendment XIV 1. ... nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

This doesn't apply to ILLEGAL ALIENS, only to legal residents and citizens. People who are here illegally have no rights under the law. Spin all you want, the constitution is not for illegals, the constitution also gives each state the right to determine who is a legal resident or citizen within their state. Don't take one article out of context and try to justify illegal aliens being here and having rights. The only right they have is the right to be deported, and the sooner the better.

19 posted on 06/15/2006 3:57:29 AM PDT by calex59 (The '86 amnesty put us in the toilet, now the senate wants to flush it!)
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To: calex59

Just curious, but where do get that interpretation? The text of the 14th amendment just says, "...any person...", without specifying their citizenship status.
I don't like illegal immigration any more than any one else but I think all persons subject to US jurisdiction have "rights", even those jailed or interned.
There are many categories of people whose rights may be curtailed by circumstances or condition; serving soldiers, POWs, interned enemy aliens during wartime, convicted criminals, juveniles, those judged mentally unfit.


24 posted on 06/15/2006 7:28:00 AM PDT by skepsel
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To: calex59
Amendment XIV 1. ... nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

It was written without any of the exceptions that you find in the Bill of Rights. "Time of war or public danger etc." I have no idea why that wasn't put in there, but it wasn't. It says what it says.

33 posted on 06/15/2006 10:29:58 AM PDT by StACase
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